pungent

Speech parts

1. pungent - Adjective

2. pungent - Verb

3. pungent - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Causing a sharp sensation, as of the taste, smell, or feelings; pricking; biting; acrid; as, a pungent spice.

Sharply painful; penetrating; poignant; severe; caustic; stinging.

Prickly-pointed; hard and sharp.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

biting acrid sharp acute keen penetrating barbed stinging nipping acrimonious mordacious acer gorky strong saline
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Antonyms

gabby flowery extended extensive flat weak
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Phrases with the word

pungent cake pungent gas sweet and pungent

Examples

When one tears away the veils and shows them naked, people's souls give off such a pungent smell of decay. Octave Mirbeau

So I departed, leaving behind a pungent smell of brimstone. Just something to remember me by. Jonathan Stroud

Donna, donna, dark, Stooping in indigo gown And cloudy constellations, Conceal yourself or disclose Fewest things to the lover - A hand that bears a thick-leaved fruit, A pungent bloom against your shade. Wallace Stevens

I don't have much patience for people who are self-conscious about the act of eating, and it irritates me when someone denies themselves the pleasure of a bloody hunk of steak or a pungent French cheese because of some outdated nonsense about what's appropriate or attractive. Anthony Bourdain

Aged ginger is more pungent. Chinese Proverb

Don't despise pepper because it is so small; eat, and see how pungent it is. Persian Proverb

Close letter words and terms

pungency pungenin pungenol pungent cake pungent gas pungently